I loved the opening to this book. Paula at a cos play convention dressed as a character sang to the most famous cos player of them all. Her costume sounds excellent, as did her song – designed to seduce – but she was patted on the head and left standing. Not left standing alone but with an audience that had gathered to see and hear the song. Ouch.
She was saved by a journalist – Nita.
We then have the couple that the story is based around.
There is a lot to like in this book. Paula has hearing loss and is struggling to come to terms with needing hearing aids which has destroyed not only her self confidence but her opera singing career.
Nita is a journalist working on a paper owned by her father, after she gave up her ice skating career due to a fear of being watched while skating.
There is a lot of detail and information about ice skating and hearing loss – perhaps a mixture of lived experience and research. But I should point out that the plural of Lego is Lego not Legos.
As their story moves on they both come to accept themselves and their differences.

There is an epilogue set 2 years after the main body of the book.
This does involve a proposal.

There is also an extra chapter detailing the author’s own proposal to her now wife. This was a fun surprise at the end of the book.